Martin Mayhew

Mayhew was born on October 8, 1965, in Daytona Beach, Florida. He attended Florida High School prior to enrolling a year early at Florida State University in 1983, where he played 33 career games at cornerback for the Florida State Seminoles football team opposite future Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders. He was also a member of their track and field team. He was named an Academic All-America in 1985 and was also included on the All-South Independent second-team. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in business management in 1987. ==Professional career==

Player Mayhew was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the tenth round (262nd overall) of the 1988 NFL draft. He left in free agency the following year and signed with the Washington Redskins, where he started for them over the next four seasons including in their Super Bowl XXVI win at the end of the 1991 season. Executive Mayhew interned for nine months within the Redskins' personnel department in 1999, where he assisted in scouting players for the team leading up to the 2000 NFL draft. The following year, he worked as a labor operations and legal intern for the NFL league office, That same year, Mayhew was hired by the Detroit Lions as their senior director of football administration by Matt Millen before being promoted to assistant general manager in October 2004. He became the team's general manager upon the firing of Millen in September 2008 and retained that role for eight seasons until being fired following a 1–7 start to the 2015 season. Mayhew spent the 2016 season with the New York Giants as their director of football operations before joining the San Francisco 49ers as a senior personnel executive the following year. He was promoted to their vice president of player personnel in 2019. Mayhew was hired as general manager of the Washington Commanders in January 2021. He served in an advisory role to head coach Ron Rivera, who had final say in football matters. In January 2024, he was replaced at general manager by Adam Peters but remained with the team as a senior personnel executive and advisor. ==Personal life==

Following his time at Florida State, Mayhew briefly worked at a First Union bank in Charlotte. He attended night classes at Georgetown University Law Center during his time with the Redskins in the early 1990s but had to drop out when he left for the Buccaneers in 1993. He re-enrolled there following his retirement as a player in 1997 and graduated with a Juris Doctor degree in 2000. ==References==